FILM

 THINGS TO REMEMBER:

 first photograph = camera obscura + bitumen-coated plate.

 began in the 1890s, cameras and film companies
 France is the birthplace of cinema and was responsible for many of its significant
contributions to the art form and the film-making process itself.

 EQUIPMENT/DEVICES:

1. Kinetoscope
 It is an early motion picture exhibition device.
 to be viewed by one individual at a time through a peephole at the top

2. Phantoscope
 Phantoscope is a film projection machine.
 Creation of Charles Francis Jenkins
 hand-cranked camera + printer + projector lightweight to bring outside
 ART OF FILM MAKING:

1. Pre-Production
A. Producer
 Initiates, coordinates, supervises, and controls matters such as raising funding
 Hiring and contracting key personnel
 Arranging for distributors
B. Script/Screenwriter
 Researching the story
 Developing the narrative
 Writing the screenplay
C. Director
 Overseeing the creative aspects of a film
 Controlling the content and flow of the film's plot
 Directing the performances of actors
 Selecting the locations in which the film will be shot
 Managing technical details such as the positioning of cameras
 Timing and content of the film's soundtrack

2. Production
A. Cinematographer (Director of Photography)
 Capturing the director’s vision of each scene through camera placement and
movement, lighting, and other special techniques
B. Sound Department
 C. Grip Department
 Grips are trained lighting and rigging technicians.
 Their main responsibility is to work closely with the electrical department to put in
lighting set-ups required for a shot.
D. Art Department
 Production Designer
 Art Director
E. Actors
 Responsible for portraying the characters in a film, actors work closely with the
director and cinematographer

3. Post-Production
A. Foley
 creating sounds in sync to what is happening on the screen.
B. Visual Effects
 imagery created, altered, or enhanced for a film or other moving media that
cannot be accomplished during live-action shooting.

 FILIPINO FILM MAKERS:

 The cinema of the Philippines ( Pelikulang Pilipino or Sine Pilipino) began with the
first moving pictures to the country on January 1,1897
 September 12, 1919, a silent feature film broke the grounds for Filipino
filmmakers. Dalagang Bukid (Country Maiden), was the first movie made and shown by
Filipino filmmaker José Nepomuceno.

1. Lino Brocka
 regarded as one of the most influential and significant Filipino filmmakers in the
history of Philippine cinema.
 1966 films for the marginalized sectors of society
 founded Concerned Artists of the Philippines (CAP) In 1983
 National Artist for Cinema

2. Ishmael Bernal
 A filmmaker of the first order
 one of the very few who can be truly called a maestro
 “the genius of Philippine cinema.”
 National Artist for Film